Gabi, I'v been stuck with a few trades that were not what I was told they were so I always try and find out what I have or at least to give it a good shot if I can't find a name then I will trade or sell it as a unknown but never as well it might be this or that I feel thats not the right way to do things I have lots of could be epies but until they have the right names there unkowns that goes for any of my hoyas or Rhipsalis or any other plant but that just me Bear

While not a 'rabid' hoya grower like many on this forum, I do have 5 of them (and not looking for any more -- they take away room from my orchids), only one of them was already rooted when I got it. In all 4 cases, I simply used the method Mike mentioned: Some growers will take a long cutting and coil it around and pin it down on top of the potting mix to root. This gives a strong plant with a large root system quickly. All rooted effortlessly utilizing this method. No bagging or anything except keeping the soil lightly moist ... when I remembered to that is.

I had mine in an east window (had moved it from a shadier spot because it hadn't bloomed for some time...) But I found it was drying out too fast and moved it back from the window. I don't like how the leaves "fold in" when it gets too dry. It bloomed for me very good the first year I had it, but it's been a stingy bloomer since. One here and there. But I loved the long-leaved species, so it's worth keeping either way. Denise in Omaha

Yes, Tracy, it is kentiana. If it is an EA plant it probably had the wrong label on it.....I know EA sells a plant they call "Shamapry" and their site also calls it Hoya longifolia, so your kentiana probably had the tag for shamapry/longifolia on it. Never in all the Home Depots and other EA selling stores I have looked in have I seen the EA longifolia, and I have been looking hard for it! I have shepherdi, which is very similar to longifolia except for the flowers, but I would love to find longifolia - though, there is a very good chance that the EA longifolia is really a shepherdi! I have asked this before but if anyone has the EA shamapry/longifolia and has had it bloom, I would love to see a picture of the flowers or hear what they looked like so I don't wind up buying another shepherdi The difference is that longifolia has solid white flowers, corona is white too, and shepherdi has very very pale pink flowers, so pale they could pass as white, and they have red in their centers. As mentioned above in the other posts, THIS is the reason for sticking to the botanical names, because I know if I come across the EA "shamapry" it most likely will not be in bloom, and I will buy it anyway being the addict that I am, and somewhere down the road I will find that I wasted my money when it turns out the be shepherdi, which I already have!! Though in EA's case, they get the botanical names wrong sometimes too....